Dhaka, May 14 -- A Dhaka court has granted police two days to interrogate eight individuals, including six Chinese nationals, in custody over their alleged involvement in online gambling, cyber fraud, and laundering millions to China.

Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Junaid passed the order on Thursday.

The court also directed investigators to interrogate another suspect, Rokon Uddin, at the jail gate after his lawyer argued that he has a speech impairment.

The Chinese suspects are aged between 24 and 43.

Their Bangladeshi associates in remand are Md Kawsar Hossain, 24, and Md Abdul Karim, 28.

The Detective Branch (DB) arrested the nine suspects during raids in Dhaka's Uttara and Turag on Wednesday.

Sub-Inspector Subrata Das of ...